ICE issued a memo blocking unannounced congressional visits to detention centers, requiring lawmakers to specifically identify detainees they wish to meet and provide at least two business days' notice. Democratic Reps. Mike Levin and Sara Jacobs were allowed into Otay Mesa Detention Center but blocked from speaking with any of the over 1,000 detainees inside. Federal judges have twice ruled against such restrictions, and a federal appeals court unanimously determined that congressional visits cause only "administrative inconvenience" to the government. Levin, joined by 77 other House members, sent letters to ICE Acting Director David Venturella arguing the notice requirement undermines the purpose of unannounced oversight visits, which Venturella has defended as necessary for facility order.